Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 52

Materials kept on construction sites

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The contractor responsible for a construction site shall ensure that all
platforms, gangways, floors, or other places on the site used as passageways
are kept clear of any loose materials which are not required for immediate
use.

(1A) Any contractor who has direct control over any construction work shall
ensure that all platforms, gangways, floors, or other places used as
passageways to the place where the construction work is being carried out are
kept clear of any loose materials which are not required for immediate use.
(L.N. 258 of 2003)

(2) The contractor responsible for any construction site where materials are
being kept or stored and any contractor who has direct  control over any
construction work which involves the use of the materials that are being kept
or stored in the site shall ensure that they are not- (L.N. 258 of 2003)

   (a)  insecurely stacked in a place where they may be dangerous to workmen
        employed at the site; or

   (b)  stacked in such a way as to overload and render unsafe any floor or
        other part of a building or structure on the site.